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November 2009

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Free connection from TalkTalk Broadband (30-11-09)

TalkTalk Broadband is offering free connection to all new customers from today.

Four million admit to wifi hijacking (27-11-09)

More than four million people have admitted to using someone else’s wifi connection in the last 12 months, according to new research.

Broadband discounts when you recommend a friend to BE Broadband (27-11-09)

BE Broadband is offering rewards of up to £210 - the equivalent of a year’s free broadband - to customers who get their friends to sign up to the ISP.

3 Mobile bundles MiFi with an iPod Touch (27-11-09)

3 Mobile Broadband has launched a new mobile broadband MiFi bundle with a free iPod Touch.

3 Mobile Broadband cuts costs on Samsung N130 deal (27-11-09)

3 Mobile Broadband has launched a new laptop deal, cutting the cost of its Samsung N130 netbook.

Orange offers Asus 1005HGO laptop deal with built-in mobile broadband (26-11-09)

Orange has a new Asus notebook deal with a built-in mobile broadband sim card.

Orange offers Compaq CQ61 laptop deal plus mobile broadband (26-11-09)

Orange has unleashed a new Compaq CQ61 notebook plus mobile broadband deal, starting at less than £25 a month, if you pay £129 up-front for the laptop.

Mobile broadband still too slow at less than 1Mb (26-11-09)

Two thirds of mobile broadband customers receive less than 15% of their advertised speed, according to new research.

Current fibre broadband plans fall short of demand (25-11-09)

Current next generation broadband plans will not cover even half of the areas of high demand, it has been revealed.

T-Mobile Mobile Broadband launches new Compaq Presario laptop deal (24-11-09)

T-Mobile Mobile Broadband is offering a new mobile broadband deal with a free Compaq Presario CQ61-305SA Notebook.

T-Mobile Mobile Broadband launches new Samsung N130 deal (24-11-09)

T-Mobile Mobile Broadband has launched a new mobile broadband deal offering a free Samsung N130 netbook.

A quarter of parents don’t know what their kids do online (24-11-09)

Children spend an average of 36 minutes a day doing something their parents would disapprove of online, according to research from TalkTalk Broadband.

Up to £100 of Christmas freebies for new Eclipse Broadband customers (24-11-09)

New customers signing up to Eclipse Broadband can get up to £100 worth of high street vouchers when they connect.

TalkTalk: 'Piracy law infringes human rights' (23-11-09)

TalkTalk says content providers should make legal music and film downloads cheaper and easier to access, instead of prosecuting potentially innocent people.

Free Marks and Spencer vouchers for new TalkTalk customers (20-11-09)

TalkTalk Broadband is offering new customers £30 worth of Marks and Spencer vouchers when they sign up.

Half price dongles from O2 mobile broadband (20-11-09)

O2 Mobile Broadband is once again offering half price pay as you go mobile broadband dongles.

Tesco to offer cheap broadband and home phone (19-11-09)

Tesco is to re-launch its broadband service and offer bundled home phone and broadband packages.

Eclipse Internet trials 40Mb broadband (19-11-09)

Internet provider Eclipse Broadband has announced that it is trialling speeds of up to 40Mb over a new fibre optic network.

Swindon to become UK’s first wifi town (18-11-09)

The town of Swindon is set to become the first in the UK to provide free wireless broadband access to all of its residents.

Nintendo Wii gamers to get BBC iPlayer (17-11-09)

Nintendo Wii owners will soon be able to catch-up on their favourite BBC programmes through a dedicated iPlayer channel on the games console.

Half price line installation from Plusnet Broadband (17-11-09)

Plusnet Broadband is offering cut price landline installation for all new home broadband customers.

3 starts mobile broadband traffic management (16-11-09)

If you use peer-to-peer networks on 3 mobile broadband, you could find your connection speed throttled at peak times from today.

O2 offers half-price mobile broadband dongle (13-11-09)

If you want to try mobile broadband, O2 has halved the cost of its pay-as-you-go dongle.

BT committed to faster broadband despite falling profits (12-11-09)

Faster UK broadband is on the cards from BT, although its profits have fallen 45% in the first-half of the financial year.

Two months free Virgin Media bundles (11-11-09)

Cable broadband provider Virgin Media is offering new customers two months free when they sign up to one of its most popular triple play bundles.

New EU legislation could derail Government piracy plans (10-11-09)

A new EU agreement on telecoms regulation may make it almost impossible for the Government and content providers to force ISPs to disconnect customers suspected of illegal downloading, according to TalkTalk Broadband.

Free O2 Home Broadband for iPhone bolt-on customers (10-11-09)

iPhone customers buying a data bolt-on that allows them to get online with their laptop can now get O2 Broadband completely free.

Mobile broadband to overtake fixed line connections in 2011 (09-11-09)

The number of mobile broadband connections in the UK is set to exceed fixed-line broadband in just two year’s time, it has been predicted.

Three months free BT Broadband bundles (06-11-09)

BT Broadband is offering customers three months free broadband when they sign up online.

3 Mobile Broadband slashes MiFi costs (06-11-09)

Mobile broadband provider 3 has cut the cost of its mobile wifi routers.

Free superfast broadband trial for BT Business customers (05-11-09)

BT’s latest superfast fibre broadband trial has gone live in Scotland, offering eligible businesses speeds of up to 40Mb.

Tiscali Broadband launches Music for Life download service (04-11-09)

Tiscali has become the second broadband provider to offer its own music download service, offering single tracks from just 42p.

TalkTalk Broadband to launch 24Mb Pro package (04-11-09)

Cheap broadband provider TalkTalk is set to launch a new, high-performance 24Mb broadband package, TalkTalk Pro.

Illegal downloaders spend more on music (03-11-09)

Illegal filesharers actually spend more money on music than their law-abiding counterparts, new research has revealed.

Wireless hotspots vulnerable to hacking (03-11-09)

The UK’s top wireless hotspot operators are vulnerable to hacking attacks, a BBC study has found.

Bill payers want cut in cost of calling mobiles (02-11-09)

Over 114,000 people have signed a petition calling for the telecommunications regulator to reduce the cost of calling a mobile phone from a landline...

Save £54 with 3 Mobile Broadband (02-11-09)

3 Mobile Broadband is offering new customers a £3 monthly discount on one of its most popular tariffs.

Orange Broadband drops below 900,000 customers (02-11-09)

The exodus of broadband customers from Orange has continued for the third consecutive quarter, dropping below 900,000 for the first time.

50p tax will force low income families to give up broadband (02-11-09)

The £6 a year broadband tax planned by the Government will force at 100,000 low income homes to give up their broadband, according to TalkTalk.

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